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Face masks sounds like your going to have a nice chilled weekend. I always been a little scare to try them have this fear its going to stay stuck to my face! I did buy myself some culottes today not wore them for years.

I will however join you with a red or too and some cake of course.

Lee podcasts are simply brilliant.

xXx

Doing ok, now I'm considering a face mask because you have mentioned it lol, perhaps we should all do it at the weekend and all feel pampered.



looking forward to the coronation tomorrow (ok would prefer if it were William) but should be quite an event.



hope all are well x

Afternoon all,

Upset, a face mask sounds bliss, you should definitely treat yourself! Following on the subject of pampering, I've just been very self-indulgent and I treated myself to a luxurious Thai full body massage this afternoon. Oh my lord, it was lush. I justified it by telling myself it was to work out the stress and tension knots in my back from the stress of The Knock and ending my relationship... But really it was also just a treat for me! I thought screw it, I've been through hell these past 5 weeks I deserve something nice just for me!

I'll be watching the Coronation tomorrow. The weather is set to be dreadful so my family are planning an "indoor picnic" instead whilst watching it.

Hope you all have good bank holidays x

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Hello ladies!



The bunting is up, the meat is marinated, friends invited. I look forward to tomorrow. Who knows what restrictions the future holds so I'm going to enjoy having friends and their children over for a coronation themed party. Rain or not.



Upset mum, I love how you put your arms around us all, and gave us a post to look forward to, and encourage us to come out of hiding. Mum through and through.

Hope you all have a lovely three day weekend.

Survived another week at work (at least it was a short week) and put the bunting up this afternoon. So looking forward to the pomp and ceremony tomorrow. I'll be glued to the tele for about 6 hours I think!

Husband has been to a couple of support groups this week for alcoholism so that's going well and he apologised again for being such an idiot and getting us into this mess. It's early days still but he really does seem to be trying.

I'm looking forward to listening to the Podcast once I'm safely tucked up in bed later.

This week i have kept myself busy. I have been doing loads of overtime in work as we are now down to one income as OH lost his job and now too ill to work. As he is still suicidal. So working when i can to try and save as must as i can.

Have seen my family, well i only have one or two. But all they want to talk about is me leaving my OH. All i want is to feel normal, which is why i love this every week. As we talk about other things. I have been feeling very lonely of late, not being able to sleep, so exhausted from working and looking after my puppy. Who is so sweet. She is keeping me busy and giving me love, as all my dogs do, without talking about my situation! I loved Lee's podcast and accidentially told her that it made me lonely, it was late and i was very tired, i meant it made me feel less lonely. As my best friend ditched me after a week and a half i have found life very lonely. I have other friends but they are not very close so have no where to turn. I am having councelling but can only afford this once a month.



But i am starting to make decisions. I have decided to keep me distance a little from my family as i think being kept reminded of my life and how they think it is so awful is not helping me. I am trying to live but my rules and no one elses. Not sure if that is the right decision but it is for me at the moment. I am trying when i speak to people keep it light hearted again to try and be a normal person and not someone to be pitied. I will let you know if i succeed.



i am less angry these days but find it hard when i am tired from working, to see my OH asleep while i am working because he is tired! He does do the early shift with the puppy but cannot help that it annoyes me.

My mantra at the moment is keep busy. So spend loads of time with my dogs and will spend this weekend reading (when not doing overtime) to relax,



i hopw everyone manages a nice weekend. X

Thanks Lee. I will listen to the new podcast tonight. X

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Hi all

Having a mixed week. Personally I'm living my dream. I'm coming to the end of my first placement as a student MH nurse. It has been amazing and rewarding. Doing something I love has been just the best. Treated myself to some beauty treatment which isn't something I would normally do but trying to do positive things for myself.

My OH has been an absolute nightmare. His mental health is really bad at the moment. He's been to the Dr's and they advised antidepressants bit he's refusing to take them because he's a recovering addict. He is just bringing me down. It's so hard, because I usually advocate for people with mental illness, but he doesn't seem to want to help himself.

He has a massive victim complex and its doing lots of finger pointing. He understands that his actions got us here and is truly sorry. I think he's just impatient to be home and put things behind us. He is spending too much time on his own.

Mixed bag for me this week. Trying to keep my anxiety under control for next week but failing miserably. I've got my mums funeral on Wednesday then my son's sentencing on Friday. Just thinking about next week makes me feel sick. I'm so scared of sentencing. The fear of it being in the media keeps me awake at night xx

Well... I'm up at daft o'clock so posting because my youngest decided today was a good day to fall off his bike. He didn't just call off his bike however, he went over the handle bars and face planted the floor! Truly awful. His entire face is swollen, and he's cut and bruised. Been through to urgent care and he has a suspected slight concussion and a possible fractured nose. My beautiful boy. So, I'm up because I am keeping checking on him in his sleep due to the head injury.



Apart from that, it has been an incredibly busy week and I'm just taking stock of being able to self-manage a balance. In my role, work can take over and become the entirety of your existence so need to plan boundaries and make sure I stick to them, and more significantly, that they are respected.



My eldest went for a job interview this week, but had to disclose. He thinks he has a chance. I'm more realistic but don't want to burst his bubble as he is actively applying for hundreds of jobs.



Face masks!! Way forward! Love the cucumber ones. What do people know about peri-menopause?



Xx

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SoTired / So sorry to hear about your son's accident, bless him - hope he's ok x you have enough traumas coping with this journey so any extras are a nightmare for sure.

lots of treats and mummy cuddles today then x